Curcumin prevents strokes in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats by improving vascular endothelial function.
Cong LanXinjian ChenYuxun ZhangWei WangWei Eric WangYukai LiuYue CaiHongmei RenShuo ZhengLin ZhouChunyu ZengPublished in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2018)
Our study suggests that curcumin exerts a stroke preventive effect by attenuating oxidative stress to improve vascular endothelial function, which might be associated with UCP2 signaling.